The Media Student's BookThe Media Student's Book is a comprehensive introduction for students of media studies. It covers all the key topics and provides a detailed, lively and accessible guide to concepts and debates. Now in its fifth edition, this bestselling textbook has been thoroughly revised, re-ordered and updated, with many very recent examples and expanded coverage of the most important issues currently facing media studies. It is structured in three main parts, addressing key concepts, debates, and research skills, methods and resources. Individual chapters include:
Each chapter includes a range of examples to work with, sometimes as short case studies. They are also supported by separate, longer case studies which include:
The authors are experienced in writing, researching and teaching across different levels of undergraduate study, with an awareness of the needs of students. The book is specially designed to be easy and stimulating to use, with:
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Contents
Introduction 1 | |
References and further reading 64 | |
Key concepts 7 | |
Narratiyes 42 | |
I Miami and crime iction 66 | |
Applying LéyiStrauss | |
Thelma and Louise US 1991 76 | |
Horror as popular art 98 | |
Ideologies and discourses 172 | |
Media as business 204 | |
Music and moyies digital and ayailable 228 | |
Debates 237 | |
The future of teleyision? 251 | |
Regulation now 285 | |
Debating adyertising branding and celebrity 309 | |
News and its futures 334 | |
The child in the horror film 98 | |
di erent re ertoir 1 1 | |
Representations 106 | |
Globalisation 138 | |
Slumdo Milli naire 1 al ilm? 1 | |
Documen ar and re li e e 3 8 | |
From u ience to er 79 | |
Research methods and references 405 | |
tilossary of key terms 428 | |